Cold Fruit Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 can mandarin oranges
1 (No. 2) can pineapple chunks
1 can pears, drained
1 can sliced peaches, drained
1 pkg. vanilla pudding, cooked
2 sliced bananas (optional)
2 peeled and sliced kiwi (optional)
maraschino cherries (optional)

Preparation

Cook vanilla pudding using only 1 cup juice from pineapple and mandarin oranges until mixture is clear and thick.
Fold in all fruit except kiwi and cherries.
Kiwi and cherries arranged on top are colorful for Christmas.